Skirt and waist holder.



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SKIRT AND WAIST HOLDER. yA 1I'I |I(JATI0N FILED JULY 31, 1902.

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MAURICE DISTELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT AND WAIS'l' HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,327, dated January13, 1903. Application filed July 31,1902. Serial No. 117,824. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, MAURICE DISTELMAN, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a -new andImproved Skirt and Waist Holder, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a skirt and waist holder for womens garments;and one object that I have in view is the provision of asimple and cheaparticle which is adapted to hold the lower portion of a dress-waist,particularly the kind commonly known as a shirtwaist, from pulling upand away from the dress-skirt.

A further Objectis the provision of an article which may be drawn andheld down tightly over the abdomen of the wearer to secure theappearance or eect known as a straight front, the overlapping frontparts of the article when applied being disposed compactly together andsecured firmly in place.

A further object is to providemeans associated with the article forholding the skirt in proper place and against any tendency to drop 'atthe rear portion, thus making both the waist and the skirt present aneat and attractive appearance.

With these ends in view the invention consists of a skirt and waistholder embodying novel features of construction and arrangement, whichwill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view showing my improved articleapplied to a dresswaist and attached to an underskirt, the outside ordress skirt being omitted. Fig-2 is a detail perspective view of thearticle. Fig. 3

is a vertical sectional view through the rear'- part of the improvedarticle and showing it in position for'engagement by fastening memberswhich are attached to the skirt-band; and Fig. 4 is a detail view, inelevation, of a portion of the waist-belt,showin g the fastener members,which coperate with similar members on the skirt-band.

The improved article of my invention contemplates the employment ot' awaist-belt 5, which is provided at one end with a buckle 6, of any usualconstruction, said buckle having a series of tongues 6a, which areadapted to be fitted in a series of eyelets 7, the latter being appliedto the other meeting portion of the belt 5. The belt is provided nearthe buckle and the row of eyelets with the depending straps 8 9, whichmay be attached in any suitableway to the belt,and are preferablydisposed in the parallel relation shown more clearly by Figs. 1 and-2.One strap 8 is provided with a member 1`0 of a fastener, the othermember 11 of which is secured to the free end of that part of the belt 5which is provided with the eyelets 7, whereby the end of the belt may beadjusted into overlapping relation to the strap 8, and the members 10 11of the fastener serve to confine the overlapping end of the belt inclose relation to the strap. These depending straps 8 9 are provided attheir lower free ,ends with fasteners of any suitable type--for example,the safety-pins 12, the latter adapted yto be secured to the underskirtC, as indicated by Fig. 1, when the belt is fitted ar und the dresswaistA. v

The rear part of the belt 5 is provided with Y an elastic strap or tape13, which is secured at its-end and middle portions to the belt, as at14, in a manner to provide normally an allowance of slack in the rearpart of said belt. (See Fig. 2.) This elastic strap is secured to theinside face of the belt, and to the outer v face of said belt at themiddle rear portion thereof are fastened the members 15 of ballandsocketsecuring devices. A portion of the dress-skirtis indicated at B in Fig.3, and the waistband b of said skirt is provided on its inside face withfastener members 16, the

skilled in the art, I do not consider it necessary to more particularlydescribe the same nor the means for attaching them to the waist-belt orthe garment.

In using my device the shirt-waist or other dress-Waist A is irstadjusted to the person, and the belt 5 is then passed around the body,so as to lie over the lower portion of said Waist A. The belt isdrawntightly around the waist of the wearer, so as to stretch the strap 13and take up the slack in the waist-belt, after which one end of the belt5 is passed through the buckle 6 in order that the tongue 6 thereof mayengage with the row of eyelets 7, and finally the members 10 11 of thefastener are engaged in order to con- Iine the overlapping end of thewaist-belt across the strap 8. The user draws the belt downwardly andmanipulates the pins 12, so as to fasten the straps to the underskirt C,thereby holding the device snugly around the waist. After thedress-skirt shall have been put on the waistband bis manipulated in amanner to make the fastener members 16 engage with the members of theWaist-belt.

The improved device serves to snugly hold the lower portion of the waistA around the person, and the engagement of the skirt-band b with thewaist-belt prevents the skirt from dropping at the back portion thereof,Whereby the article is adapted to hold the Waist and the skirt snugly tothe person and to prevent displacement of these parts.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. A device of theclass described, comprising a Waist-belt having means for uniting itsfree ends, an elastic strap secured to the back portion of the belt andproviding normally an allowance of slack therein, depending strapsattached to the waistbelt near the meeting ends thereof, fasteners onsaid straps, and a two-part fastener having one member attached to oneof the straps and another member fastened to a free portion of the beltindependently of the elastic strap which is adapted to overlap saidstrap.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a combined waist and skirt holder,comprising a waist-belt having means for uniting its meeting ends, anelastic strap attached to the rear portion of said belt and arranged onthe inner face thereof` to provide normally an allowance of slack,straps depending from the free portions of the belt and having suitablemeans for attachment to an underskirt, and fasteners each having onemember attached to the outer side of the belt at the rear portionthereof and the other member thereof adapted for attachment to adress-skirt.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing'witnesses.

MAURICE DISTELMAN.

Witnesses:

H. T. BERNHORD, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

